A wetland is where land and water meet. It can be a swamp or bog or marsh.
These pictures are from a marsh because there are no trees. To learn more about
the wetlands Click here!
Click here to check out the poem we wrote. These white birds are egrets.
: Here is a close up picture of an egret.
We saw 4 baby ducks and their mother.They are Mallard Ducks. This is a female because
it doesn't have the green head like the male.To learn more about ducks Click Here
These are more baby ducks with their mother.These are Wood Ducks.
Wood Ducks sometimes build nests in boxes built by people.
We saw a beaver dam against the boardwalk. Later, the ranger told us that the funny smell was from beavers.
We did not see any beavers because they are nocturnal.
This is a beaver lodge. It is where they live. The white bird behind the lodge
is an egret.
Here is a Green Frog in the water.
Here is a different Green Frog in the mud.
These tiny black things are tadpoles. Tadpoles hatch from frog eggs and will
grow up to be frogs.
Here we saw a big snapping turtle in the water.It looks like a rock but we saw it move very
slowly, so we knew it was a turtle. Sometimes it lifted its head, so we could
tell it was a turtle. Snapping turtles can snap their mouths to get prey. Sometimes
they eat goslings (baby geese).
Here is another snapping turtle hiding in the plants.Snapping turtles
sometimes have spikes on their tails.
This small painted turtle was basking in the sun. Basking means they
come out of the water and their shelter to get a lot of sun. Turtles are like many
reptiles and are cold-blooded, so they like sunny days. Painted turtles have
different colored spots on its neck.
Here you can see the yellow spots on its neck.
This Red-winged Blackbird is sitting on the cattails.
This is a close-up of a Red-winged Blackbird. It gets its name from the red
spots on its wings.
Wetland Animals
A wetland is where land and water meet. It can be a swamp or bog or marsh.
These pictures are from a marsh because there are no trees. To learn more about
the wetlands Click here!
Click here to check out the poem we wrote.
:
We saw 4 baby ducks and their mother.They are Mallard Ducks. This is a female because
it doesn't have the green head like the male.To learn more about ducks Click Here
These are more baby ducks with their mother.These are Wood Ducks.
Wood Ducks sometimes build nests in boxes built by people.
We saw a beaver dam against the boardwalk. Later, the ranger told us that the funny smell was from beavers.
We did not see any beavers because they are nocturnal.
This is a beaver lodge. It is where they live. The white bird behind the lodge
is an egret.
Here is a Green Frog in the water.
Here is a different Green Frog in the mud.
These tiny black things are tadpoles. Tadpoles hatch from frog eggs and will
grow up to be frogs.
Here we saw a big snapping turtle in the water.It looks like a rock but we saw it move very
slowly, so we knew it was a turtle. Sometimes it lifted its head, so we could
tell it was a turtle. Snapping turtles can snap their mouths to get prey. Sometimes
they eat goslings (baby geese).
Here is another snapping turtle hiding in the plants.Snapping turtles
sometimes have spikes on their tails.
This small painted turtle was basking in the sun. Basking means they
come out of the water and their shelter to get a lot of sun. Turtles are like many
reptiles and are cold-blooded, so they like sunny days. Painted turtles have
different colored spots on its neck.
Here you can see the yellow spots on its neck.
This Red-winged Blackbird is sitting on the cattails.
This is a close-up of a Red-winged Blackbird. It gets its name from the red
spots on its wings.